On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:03, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 21:44, Helmut Walle wrote: > > Well, IMHO this comparison is not quite fair. PS, in contrast to > > assembler, is still a high-level language, and it is really very > > complex and compact. > > Agreed. PostScript is not a bad little language. More C like and less > assembler :)
PostScript is a _very_ powerful language specifically designed to put marks on paper. It is RPN a la HP calculator. Its nearest computer language cousin is FORTH. You can start up GhostScript to take input from a command line and see the effect of what you do in the X-Window. OTOH Latex is basically an extemely powerful macro processor which allows you to turn documents expressed in ASCII text into really beautiful works of typographic art. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
